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May 14, 2009

Pop quiz: Which Chicago preacher has been flying an American flag upside down lately?

No, it's not Jerry Wright. It's Michael Pfleger who had his 15 minutes of fame as he campaigned from a pulpit for Barack Obama, or if memory serves, against Hillary Clinton, in the run-up to the 2008 Democratic primary.

Pfleger said he decided to fly the flag upside down outside St. Sabina Church on the South Side as a "distress signal" to raise awareness of how many children are being killed by gun violence.

Pfleger referred to Wednesday's fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ramone Morris on the West Side and the slaying of 15-year-old Alex Arellano, who was found beaten, shot and burned over the weekend.

Apparently, Mr. Pfleger expects young Chicago gang members to see the upside down flag, absorb the message, reflect on their murderous ways, and elect to discontinue violence as a tactic in their gang's ways of achieving its goals.

Or maybe he's merely posturing for a payback bailout from his fellow Chicagoan.